Chelsea Janes
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With Adley Rutschman in majors, hope stands behind home plate for the Orioles
The rebuilding Orioles used the first pick in the 2019 MLB draft to select Rutschman, a catcher. → Read More
In St. Louis, a young manager leads the last ride of Cardinals legends
Oliver Marmol, the 35-year-old manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, has the complicated task of steering three beloved stars, and this era in franchise history, into the sunset. → Read More
Justin Verlander is unburdened, unsatisfied and as sharp as ever
In his return to the mound for the Astros after Tommy John surgery, the two-time Cy Young Award winner has found early success this season. → Read More
Dusty Baker returns to D.C. with a red-hot team and an ever-open heart
Dusty Baker was ostensibly brought to Washington to help a star-laden team get over the top. He left, falling short of that goal -- but he harbors no ill-will toward Dave Martinez, his friend who won a title after Baker exited. → Read More
This MLB season, the ball is making everyone batty
With grip issues and lost home runs, the game's most fundamental piece of equipment sparks scrutiny. → Read More
Why Joey Votto logged on
For so long, Joey Votto has focused on the lonely process of being at his baseball best. This season, though, he has emerged as a social media superstar in a sport not known for its outsize online personalities. → Read More
Unsealed ‘Yankees letter’ shows they were fined for use of dugout phone
MLB's letter revealed New York was fined $100,000 to communicate stolen signs but little else of consequence. → Read More
The Orioles, still in a rebuild, think they can win without spending
Baltimore must play in the loaded American League East with the lowest payroll in baseball. → Read More
The Yankees face the usual lofty expectations — and the same old questions
The lofty expectations that surround the Yankees are as constant as the pinstripes themselves, but this team looks a lot like last year's. → Read More
Anthony Rendon, healthy again with the Angels, knows he can do more
Rendon's Angels entered this season with the same weight on their shoulders as they have for years now. → Read More
Baseball, fragile yet relentless, returns as Opening Day arrives
But here baseball goes again, carrying all the usual hope and intrigue and promise into another season, the fragility only hardening the sense that the whole thing is a gift, whatever the thorny details may be. → Read More
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a super team dream
For most of the past decade — in particular since president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and Manager Dave Roberts assumed their roles — the Dodgers have turned winning into a science. → Read More
Mets shut down Jacob deGrom for four weeks with shoulder injury
The team announces the right-hander will be shelved for at least four weeks -- meaning he will he will not start Opening Day at Nationals Park. → Read More
Nationals surprise Dusty Baker with an unexpected addition to their lineup: His son
At spring training, Dusty and Darren Baker shared an "awesome" moment that neither saw coming. → Read More
Nationals shut down 3B Carter Kieboom, making him unlikely for Opening Day
The elbow injury marks the latest chapter in a still-early career that hasn't taken off yet for the former first-round pick. → Read More
Carlos Correa finds a new home with the Twins, the latest surprise in an offseason full of them
That Correa ended up with the Twins — a middle-of-the-pack spender in the midst of an offseason characterized more by wily moves than splurges — was nothing short of shocking. → Read More
For a Nats team building for the future, the present starts to come into focus
The Nationals enter this season walking a line between trying to be competitive in the present and building for the future. No position is a better example of this than shortstop. → Read More
Surprised by the Rockies signing Kris Bryant? So was Nolan Arenado.
Asked point-blank if he was surprised to see a franchise like Colorado spend on a player of Bryant’s caliber — and whether he was surprised to see a player of Bryant’s caliber choose Colorado — Arenado didn’t flinch. → Read More
The Braves found a new first baseman. Replacing Freddie Freeman will be harder.
The Braves appear poised to move on from Freddie Freeman after trading for Matt Olson. → Read More
The hype is already building for the free-spending Mets and unapologetic owner Steve Cohen
The Mets' payroll and their talent seemingly have no limits, and owner Steve Cohen will not be apologizing for that. → Read More